Prepare to take part in a race like no other in the First Ascent Podium Cycling kit built to endure the challenging and unrelenting conditions of the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek. Click here to view the article
Germany’s Karl Platt and his Swiss teammate, Urs Huber, are motivated to defend their title at next week’s Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, but will be up against stronger opposition than last year at the world’s most prestigious three-day mountain bike stage race. Click here to view the article
Team Bulls riders, Karl Platt and Urs Huber, charged to a dominant victory on Stage 1 of the 2017 Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen on Friday, getting their title defence of the world’s most prestigious three-day mountain bike race off to the perfect start. The first women home were Sweden’s Jennie Stenerhag and Switzerland’s Esther Süss. Click here to view the article
South Africans Mariske Strauss and Yolande de Villiers won the final stage of the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, on Sunday. But the Swiss/Swedish duo of Esther Süss and Jennie Stenerhag claimed the overall victory after three days of fierce racing in the rugged Kouebokkeveld region of South Africa’s Western Cape province. Click here to view the article
Switzerland’s Urs Huber and Germany’s Karl Platt completed a clean sweep of stage wins on Sunday to retain the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen mountain bike stage race title. Click here to view the article
Urs Huber and Karl Platt turned the screws a little tighter on Saturday’s Queen Stage when they increased their grip on the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, winning the stage and extending their overall lead. Not to be outdone, Esther Süss and Jennie Stenerhag did the same in the women’s category. Click here to view the article
Anyone serious about success at the 2015 ABSA Cape Epic should be competing in a stage race in February. It’s a key part of preparation for the prestigious international eight-day race. There are a number of three-day stage races in February on the South African calendar to choose from. The majority of the Cape Epic title contenders have chosen to compete at the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek. Click here to view the article
Ask any finisher of the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek mountain bike stage race what stands out about the event and virtually every answer will include references to the race route, which is dramatic, varied, stimulating, suprising and, most importantly, rewarding. Click here to view the article
Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock (Red-E Blend) won the final stage of the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek mountain bike stage race on Sunday, but the day’s runners-up, Erik Kleinhans and James Reid (RECM), secured the overall title after three days of fiercely competitive racing in the Kouebokkeveld region of South Africa’s Western Cape province. Click here to view the article
It may have been Valentine’s Day, but there was no love lost among the podium contenders on Stage 2 of the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek mountain bike stage race in South Africa’s Western Cape province on Saturday. Click here to view the article
Stefan Sahm (Team Bulls) won the second stage of the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek over 89km and 2240m of vertical ascending in the Ceres Valley in 3 hours, 51 minutes and 14 seconds. Click here to view the article
In 2014, the last time Switzerland’s Urs Huber and Germany’s Karl Platt tackled the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek three-day mountain bike stage race, they finished first and second respectively, having raced in the Solo category. Click here to view the article
Germany’s Karl Platt and Switzerland’s Urs Huber closed out the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek three-day international mountain bike stage race in South Africa on Sunday with a storming performance against a strong field, winning the final stage and extending their overall victory margin in the process. Click here to view the article
Swiss mountain bike racing legend, Christoph Sauser and his Investec-Songo-Specialized New Zealand teammate, Sam Gaze, won a drama-filled Stage 2 of the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek in South Africa on Saturday. Click here to view the article
Germany’s Karl Platt and Switzerland’s Urs Huber showed their impressive form one month ahead of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic when they charged to the stage win and overall lead on Day 1 of the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek, a three-day mountain bike stage race in South Africa’s Western Cape province on Friday. Click here to view the article
The DUTOIT Tankwa Trek international mountain bike stage race is expected to carry International Cycling Union (UCI) grading status in 2017 as the organisers continue to grow the stature of the event, which has fast become a calendar favourite for many of the world’s leading marathon and stage racers. Click here to view the article
The Tankwa Trek isn’t South Africa’s oldest three-day mountain bike stage race. Neither is it the biggest. But it is firmly on track to become the most internationally recognised, following the addition of two new sponsors and the upgrade to International Cycling Union (UCI) status. Click here to view the article
The DUTOIT Tankwa Trek, one of South Africa’s premier three-day mountain bike stage races, will be offering a significantly increased prize purse for the 2016 edition, which takes place from 12-14 February 2016. Click here to view the article
South African Erik Kleinhans and his Czech teammate, Frantisek Rabon (RE:CM Specialized) won the final stage of the three-day DUTOIT Tankwa Trek mountain bike stage race on Sunday, but it was the young South African pair of James Reid and Brendon Davids (Trek Racing) that claimed an impressive overall victory on a dramatic final day. Click here to view the article
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